Take a look at the sentence again:
When Henry opened the vegetable crisper at the bottom of the refrigerator,
the puddle of rotting lettuce that he discovered __________ up the kitchen
for the rest of the day.
The sentence requires the past tense of stink, an irregular verb. Stank is one of two simple past forms.
| Verb | Simple Present | Simple Past | Past Participle |
| stink | stink(s) | stank or stunk | stunk |
Stanked, the form you chose, is a spelling error. Before you continue, review the rules for irregular verbs.
Go back to the sentence to try again.